WP: WP_Query boilerplate

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<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;		//this line only needed for pagination
$args = array(
            'cat'               =>  7,
            'paged'				=>  $paged							//this line only needed for pagination
            );
// The Query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

	<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?> role="article">
						
	    <header class="article-header">
		
		    <h1 class="h2"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
				<p class="byline vcard"><?php
					printf(__('Posted <time class="updated" datetime="%1$s" pubdate>%2$s</time> by <span class="author">%3$s</span> <span class="amp">&</span> filed under %4$s.', 'bonestheme'), get_the_time('Y-m-j'), get_the_time(get_option('date_format')), bones_get_the_author_posts_link(), get_the_category_list(', '));
				?></p>
	
	    </header> <!-- end article header -->

	    <section class="entry-content clearfix">
		    <?php the_content(); ?>
	    </section> <!-- end article section -->
	
	    <footer class="article-footer">
			<p class="tags"><?php the_tags('<span class="tags-title">' . __('Tags:', 'bonestheme') . '</span> ', ', ', ''); ?></p>

	    </footer> <!-- end article footer -->
	    
	    <?php // comments_template(); // uncomment if you want to use them ?>

    </article> <!-- end article -->

<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php if (function_exists('bones_page_navi')) { ?>
        <?php bones_page_navi(); ?>
    <?php } else { ?>
        <nav class="wp-prev-next">
            <ul class="clearfix">
    	        <li class="prev-link"><?php next_posts_link(__('&laquo; Older Entries', "bonestheme")) ?></li>
    	        <li class="next-link"><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer Entries &raquo;', "bonestheme")) ?></li>
            </ul>
        </nav>
    <?php } ?>

<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>